A Lesson Before Dying (film)

A Lesson Before Dying is a 1999 American made-for-television drama film adapted from the 1993 Ernest J. Gaines novel of the same name. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie and a Peabody Award.

Cast and characters

 * Don Cheadle – Grant Wiggins
 * Cicely Tyson – Tante Lou
 * Mekhi Phifer – Jefferson
 * Irma P. Hall – Miss Emma
 * Brent Jennings – Reverend Ambrose
 * Lisa Arrindell Anderson – Vivian Baptiste
 * Frank Hoyt Taylor – Sheriff Guidry
 * Stuart Culpepper – Henri Pichot
 * Patty Mack – Inez
 * Elijah Kelley – Clarence
 * Wynton Yates – Louis Washington
 * Clay Chappell – Paul
 * Cierra Meche – Estelle